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World Cup 2023 leaves French rugby in trouble
The Star
|April 09, 2025
"MAJOR failures" in the French government's oversight of the 2023 Rugby World Cup led to heavy financial losses and let the French Rugby Federation (FFR) in difficulty, the state's financial watchdog said on Tuesday.
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The French Court of Accounts pointed the finger at the head of the tournament's organising committee, Claude Atcher, but also said the FFR and government had to bear some responsibility "because of major failures in the control they should have exercised over the organising committee."
Despite promises that the tournament would generate big profits, it led to heavy financial losses, especially for the FFR.
"Everyone won, except the (French) organisers," the court's president Pierre Moscovici said at a press conference.
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